Gi″ant (?), n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. géant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. �, �, from the root of E. gender, genesis. See Gender, and cf. Gigantic.]
1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.
Giants of mighty bone and bold emprise. Milton.
2. A person of extraordinary strength or powers, bodily or intellectual.
3. Any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or power.
Giant's Causeway, a vast collection of basaltic pillars, in the county of Antrim on the northern coast of Ireland.